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| Author | : Marjorie Holland |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1461596866 |
We live in a changing world; one in which there is much concern and discussion about the topics of global change, loss of biodiversity, and increasing threats to the sustainability of ecosystems. The effects these changes may have on the environment have lead governments and sCientists to make predictions as to how soon changes might occur, where, and with what impact for large and small regions of the Earth. Along with this concern for change in various regions has come the need to understand the role of boundaries between these regions and between landscape elements. Much previous ecological research has dealt with processes within relatively homogeneous landscape units or even the collective characteristics of a composite landscape. Now, however, there is an appreciation that abiotic and biotic components move across heterogeneous landscapes and that the boundaries between these units take on important control functions in this dynamic spatial system. Furthermore, landscape boundaries (or ecotones) are important not only in satisfying life-cycle needs of many organisms, but generally are characterized by high biological diversity.
| Author | : Robert J. Naiman |
| Publisher | : Bernan Press(PA) |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9789231026683 |
| Author | : Randall W. Myster |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2012-07-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1461437970 |
Ecotones are dynamic over-lapping boundary areas where major terrestrial biomes meet. As past studies have shown, and as the chapters in this book will illustrate, their structure, size, and scope have changed considerably over the millennia, expanding and shrinking as climate and/or other driving conditions, also changed. Today, however, many of them are changing at a rate not seen for a long time, perhaps largely due to climate change and other human-induced factors. Indeed ecotones are more sensitive to climate change than the biomes on either side, and thus may serve as critical early indicators of future climate change. As ecotones change, they also redefine the limits of the biomes on either side by altering their distributions of species because, in addition to their own endemic species, any ecotone will also have species from both adjoining biomes. Consequently, they may also be places of high levels of species interaction, serving as active evolutionary laboratories, which generate new species that then migrate back into adjacent biomes. Ecotones Between Forest and Grassland explores how these ecotones have changed in the past, how they are changing today, and how they are likely to change in the future. The book includes chapters from around the world with a special focus on South American and Neotropical ecotones.
| Author | : F. Schiemer |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2013-03-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9401733600 |
Ecotones are interface zones between different ecosystems. Their ecological role and significance with regard to ecological management and conservation has become increasingly appreciated. For the management of freshwater resources, for example, an improved understanding of the role of land/inland water interfaces, will be essential for reducing negative human impacts by engineering, nutrient loading, siltation, etc. The management of ecotones, on the other hand, offers the possibility to control aquatic system processes via stock control of fish populations. Fish apparently are both excellent indicators of ecotone quality as well as determiners of its structure and function.
| Author | : J. B. Lachavanne |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9789231033520 |
Philosophers, writers and scientists, from cell biologists to ecologists, have long recognized the special nature of boundaries and interface areas of all kinds. Among ecologists in particular, there has been an upsurge in interest in the sensitive boundary areas of interaction between ecosystems, which are called 'ecotones' and which are often characterized by higher biological diversity than adjacent areas.
| Author | : A. Farina |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2013-04-17 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9401589844 |
Currently considered a bridge between basic and Twopossibilities exist to expand landscape ecol applied ecology, landscape ecology occupies an ogy: one consists of developing new research, and important new niche in ecology,representing a new the other in developing a good educational frame star in the galaxy of the ecological sciences. work. Both are important and not in conflict. In this However, the broad spectrum of conceptual and spirit I have prepared this book, with the aim of methodological approaches has created a non summarizing the best theories, concepts, principles focused science strongly influenced by the more and methods in landscape ecology. It is an attempt dominant disciplines, such as landscape planning to reinforce the ecological research perspective, to and restoration, forest management, landscape consolidate principles and methods, validate proce architecture etc. dures and reconcile different positions, including The uncertain position of landscape ecology the geobotanic, animal and human perspectives. among the ecological disciplines is in contradiction The concept is very simple. I have no ambition with the general recognition that landscape is a spa to present new ideas and theories: I have worked to tial dimension in which important ecological create a tool mainly for classroom use but also processes occur, and landscape is becoming very appealing to a broad range of scientists and practi popular in many ecology-related fields, from plant tioners dealing with landscape ecology and its disease to animal behaviour. problems.
| Author | : Ralph W. Tiner |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 426 |
| Release | : 1999-04-21 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9781420048612 |
Understand the current concept of wetland and methods for identifying, describing, classifying, and delineating wetlands in the United States with Wetland Indicators - capturing the current state of science's role in wetland recognition and mapping. Environmental scientists and others involved with wetland regulations can strengthen their knowledge about wetlands, and the use of various indicators, to support their decisions on difficult wetland determinations. Professor Tiner primarily focuses on plants, soils, and other signs of wetland hydrology in the soil, or on the surface of wetlands in his discussion of Wetland Indicators. Practicing - and aspiring - wetland delineators alike will appreciate Wetland Indicators' critical insight into the development and significance of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and other factors. Features Shows 55 color plates, documenting wetland indicators throughout the nation - with more than 34 soil plates and aerial photos Illustrates other wetland properties with more than 50 figures Provides over 60 tables, including extensive tables of U.S. wetland plant communities and examples for determining hydrophytic vegetation Contents Wetland Definitions Wetland Concepts for Identification and Delineation Plant Indicators of Wetlands and Their Characteristics Vegetation Sampling and Analysis for Wetlands Soil Indicators of Wetlands Wetland Identification and Boundary Delineation Methods Problem Wetlands and Field Situations for Delineation Wetland Classification Wetlands of the United States: An Introduction, With Emphasis on Their Plant Communities Wetland Mapping and Photointerpretation
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| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2001 |
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The international journal Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology (E&H) has been created to promote the concept of Ecohydrology, which is defined as the study of the functional interrelations between hydrology and biota at the catchment scale. Ecohydrology extends from the molecular level to catchment-scale processes and is based on three principles: • framework (hydrological principle) - quantification and integration of hydrological and ecological processes at a basin scale; • target (ecological principle) - necessity of enhancing ecosystem absorbing capacity and ecosystem services; and • management tool (ecological engineering) – the use of ecosystem properties for regulation the interplay between hydrology and biota. The journal encourages the submission of manuscripts which adopt an integrative approach to aquatic sciences, explaining ecological and hydrological processes at a river-basin scale or propose practical applications of this knowledge. It will also consider papers in other hydrobiological fields. Especially welcome are papers on regulatory mechanism within biocenosis and the resistance and resilience of freshwater and costal zones ecosystems. There is no page charge for published papers. All submitted papers, written exclusively in English, should be original works, unpublished and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are peer-reviewed. The following types of papers are considered for publication in E&H: • original research papers • invited or submitted review papers, • short communications
| Author | : Florence R. Shepard |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 1994-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780791419618 |
In this book, Krall proposes a counter-narrative to the usual reading of marginality. In autobiographical narrative that rings with experience, she describes margins as rich and dynamic abodes, places of crossing over and transition as well as spaces of separation and alienation. In reinterpreting journeys and encounters, she maps the shared terrain of the personal, natural, and social fields of our lives.
| Author | : George Mulamoottil |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2017-12-14 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1351404458 |
An understanding of environmental gradients (physical, chemical, hydrological, and biological) is a prerequisite to the accurate delineation of wetland boundaries. Presenting the wide-ranging views of academicians, environmentalists, policy makers, consultants, planners, engineers, hydrologists, biologists, geochemists, ecologists, and conservationists, Wetlands: Environmental Gradients, Boundaries, and Buffers focuses on current topics and research related to wetland delineation; summarizes the main issues of concern; and provides recommendations on research needs. In addition to integrating the most important research and theoretical aspects, this book includes a strong prescriptive component, providing practicing professionals with specific guidance on defining the true dimensions of a wetland area.
